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New department will commission papers and host expert debates, policy briefings by high-level officials. Arab News, the Middle East’s leading English-language daily, has announced the establishment of a new Research and Studies Unit (RSU). Based at the newspaper’s headquarters in Riyadh, the new unit will deliver thought-provoking studies written by a team of acclaimed resident […]

The Arab News Newspaper, the leading English language newspaper of the Middle East with bureaus in Chicago and New York, is sponsoring a special weekly radio program “The Ray Hanania Show” on the U.S. elections hosted by Arab News US Correspondent Ray Hanania. “The Ray Hanania Show” is brought to you by the Arab News […]

The Middle East’s leading English language daily, has launched a Japanese online edition as part of its global expansion. Arab News which is a part of the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG). It has been the English newspaper of record for Saudi Arabia and the region for over 40 years. The Japanese-language edition is the […]

By Elias Jabbe The Middle East Public Relations Association will host its inaugural Leadership Majlis in Saudi Arabia on October 21 at the Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya after several editions in Abu Dhabi. According to a press release distributed by MEPRA Executive Director Sabrina De Palma, the UAE-based nonprofit is dedicating the KSA MEPRA Leadership […]

With the emergence of subscription video-on-demand services (SVODs) such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, the media has been quick to foretell the demise of TV. But, is there any truth to those words? TV has remained a powerhouse and mainstay in modern life ever since its introduction in the 20th century. Many historical moments broke […]

Ramadan is a time of togetherness, celebration, and spirituality for many Muslims around the world. Reduced working hours and a change in lifestyle lead to varying media consumption habits and purchase behaviors. On Facebook, for instance, activity across the MENA region peaks by 15 percent as 86 percent of Facebook users celebrate Ramadan. Its users, […]

There’s one word that saw a 365 percent increase in usage since 2016 making it Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2017. That word is ‘fake news’. Although popularized in 2016 during the US elections – and since then by the US President – fake news is not exclusive to either; it is an all-pervasive […]

“Design is more than a logo. Design is a strategy made visible.” These are the words of Moira Cullen, vice-president of global beverage design at PepsiCo. And they couldn’t hold truer for Arab News. Arab News, and its home country Saudi, both have ambitious plans. Plans that have an air of openness, while paying homage […]

The last time Communicate wrote about Faisal J. Abbas was in October 2016. He had only been a few days in his new job as editor-in-chief of Saudi’s English-language daily Arab News. The headline was “Good news for Arab News”. It seems our prediction was accurate. Back in 2016, when asked if he planned to […]

The media sector in Saudi Arabia, much like the country itself, is undergoing massive changes. In April 2017, new ministers for Culture and Information and Communications and IT were appointed with the responsibility of reshaping the media landscape of the Kingdom. Later in the year, MBC’s hard-hitting host of Al Thamina (Eight o’clock), Dawood Shirian, […]

Arab News will become the first newspaper in Saudi Arabia to have a gender-balanced newsroom, and it intends to achieve this goal in less than two years. The announcement was made at the opening on Tuesday of the inaugural Arab Women Forum at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). On behalf of editor-in-chief of Arab News, […]

Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas presents the award to veteran Saudi journalist Khaled Almaeena, former editor of Arab News Saudi English-language daily, Arab News, unveiled its new identity at the Arab Media Forum in Dubai last night. With a “2020 vision”, a new look and feel and a new tagline, “The Voice of a […]

A panel at the recent In2 Innovation Summit in MENA brought to light the issues of trust and transparency in the media and PR industry. The panelists were Valerie Tan, vice-president Public Relations, Social Media, Internal Communications, Emirates; Brian Lott, head of corporate communications, Mubadala; Paul Holmes, Founder & Chair, The Holmes Report; Faisal Abbas, […]

Saudi-based English-language daily Arab News, is now launching its Pakistan edition, as part of the newspaper’s ongoing global and digital expansion. The service — available in English at www.arabnews.pk — covers news and views from Pakistan and the wider region, with a focus on Islamabad’s ties with Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. It is […]

In early June, six Middle East countries – UAE, KSA, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Yemen – severed diplomatic ties with Qatar. Since then, there have been talks to resolve the crisis; however, Qatar has rejected the list of demands by the Arab states including that of shutting down Al Jazeera. The broadcasting network was first […]

(L to R: Baker Atyani, Faisal J. Abbas and Ben Flanagan) Saudi-based English language daily Arab News has launched bureaus in Europe and Asia as part of its ongoing global, digital expansion. The multimedia newsgathering hubs, run by two veteran journalists with decades of experience in the field, will contribute to the print edition and […]

It has been claimed that Qatar-owned media have incited terror and death threats against a rival broadcaster over MBC’s TV drama Al Gharabeeb Al Soud (Black Crows). The series is a dramatized version of life under the Daesh rule in Syria and Iraq, therefore raising questions over whether the Doha-backed channels are standing up for […]

Saudi-based English daily, Arab News, has entered an exclusive partnership with online polling firm YouGov. The deal will see YouGov conduct regular polls relating to the MENA, which will help shed light on regional sentiment toward international events, as well as producing credible research on international opinion on Arab affairs. The results of the polls […]

Saudi-based English daily Arab News has partnered with CNN to publish CNN anchor John Defterios’ columns and previewing exclusive reports and interviews from CNN’s “Marketplace Middle East” show in its print and online edition. The decision is part of the daily’s move to expand its business content. Defterios, CNNMoney emerging markets editor and anchor, is […]

Forty-one-year-old Saudi daily Arab News has signaled the beginning of its global and digital expansion by hiring Al Arabiya English’s editor-in-chief Faisal J Abbas in the same role. Ever since his move from London to Dubai in 2012, Abbas has become known as ‘Mr Arabiya English’. Under his leadership, Al Arabiya has grown to target […]